Grain-saving device



v A. e. NORS KOG.

GRAIN SAVING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. I8. 1921.

Patented May 9, 1922.

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I GRAIN-SAVING DEVICE.

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Application filed FebruaryxlS, 1921.

T 0 all 10. mm it may concern:

Be it known that I, AnoLPH G. N ORSKOG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Miles City, in the county of Custer and State of Montana, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Grain- Saving.

separated from straw by the binder mechanism are caught and saved. In the operation of a reaper a large quantity of gram is freed from the grain heads,

and the grain heads themselves are -sepa-' rated from straw in the operation of both the reel and of the binding mechanism. The grain and heads, unless provision is made for saving them, are carried along with the straw and drop to the ground either between the canvas conveyor taking the grain from the reel and the elevator or the binder mechanism, or down the inclined binder deck.

In devices as heretofore provided for the saving of cility for the rapid, easy and complete removal of grain from receptacles provided for their reception is lacking, receptacles for catching grain and heads falling from the binder deck are commonly so constructed and arranged in relationto the deck that bundled grain dischargedover the binder deck contacts with the shelled grain and heads in the receptacles and brushes them from such receptacles and frees them to fall to the ground. The form in which the grain and heads are discharged from the binder as outlined renders their recovery a practical impossibility, and consequently the aggregate amount of grain lost is very large.

The object which I have in view is to provide means whereby grain shelled by the operation of the reel of a binder or separated grain heads, and such grain and heads shelled or separated by the action of the binder mechanism shall be conductedto and received by suitable receptacles from which they can be removed easily and rapidly, and from which receptacles the accidental removal of the grain and heads is prevented.

Having this object in view, the invention consists of the attachments for a grain S pecificationof Letters PatentL 7 relates to grain reapers shelled grain and grain heads fa and further Serial no. 445,955.

binder having novel panying drawing, in Y which igure 1 is a such partsof the novel receiving place for use;

igure 2 is aperspective view of the re-' whlch 18 located between the reel ceptacle platform andthe binder elevator; and

V Figure 3 ceptacle arranged at thelowerend of the binder deck, showing the means for prevent-' mg theaclcidental removalofthe grain andheads from the receptacle by, the passage over it of the grain bundles. I

In these drawings; 1' represents the reel of a grain binder, and 2 represents the platform conveyor upon which grain'is deposited. by the reel preparatory to being carried by the elevator 3 to the binding mechanism. Thebinder deck is indicated by the numeral 4. No detailed description of the parts of the binder mechanism is necessary, as their peculiar forms constitute no part of my invention, which is intended for application to binders of any construction.

Suitably disposed below and of a width corresponding to that of the space between the platform conveyor 2 and the elevator 8, and secured in any suitable way to the frame of the machine, is a receptacle or trough 5, preferably of metal, and of a length corresponding to the widths of the conveyor and elevator. The top of the receptacle 5 being open, any grain shelled by the operation of the parts ofthe hinder, or grain heads, carried over the end of the conveyor 2, or falling from the elevator, are received by and held in the receptacle.

In order that the grain and heads may be quickly and easily removed from the receptacle by one operation, the rear end of .the trough is made open and is provided with a door or gate 6, and located in the trough is a scraper'or rake 7. The door is preferably hinged, for instance, to a strap or bar 8 6X- tending over the top of thetrough, and is detachably secured in position to close the end of the trough by a'spring actuated bolt 9- or other fastener capable of quick opera tion. The head of thescraper or rake is of a form and size corresponding to those of the interior of thereceptacle, and attached I I features substantially as hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is illustrated "in the ELCCQIH".

perspective. view showing I a grain binder as are necessary for an understanding of my improvements,

means being shown in is a perspective view of the re-' Patentedll lay 9,1922

to the head is a handle of a length to have i s outer end rest on the bar 8 when the head of the rake bears against the inner end of the trough or receptacle.

When the trough or receptacle is to be emptied of its contents, a basket or bag is placed beneath the rear end of the receptacle, the door is swung open, and by drawing the rake rearward the receptacle is freed from the entire accumulation of grain and heads by this one movement of the rake.

Mounted below the lower end of the binder deck 1 is a trough or receptacle 11, so arranged as to receive in its open top any grain and heads which may be shelled or freed by the operation of the binding mechanism and which fall down the inclined deck. The rear open end of the trough 11 is closed by a hinged door 12 provided with a securing device 13 and in the trough is a rake having a head fitting t0 the interior of the trough and having an operating handle 15. In order that grain and heads may be free to fall into the trough and be protected against being brushed out of the trough by the action of bundles passing from the hinder deck, I secure to the lower end of the binder deck a number of fingers 16 suitably spaced apart and extending over the trough,

being preferably supported at their outer ends by resting on the outer edge of the trough. These fingers form a grid which while affording ample spaces for the passage of shelled grain and heads to the receptacle serve as a platform over which bound bundles may pass from the machine without contacting with and disturbing the contents of the receptacle. I

The saving means hereinbeiore described is simple and inexensive in construction, effects a large saving of grain, and, by reason of the small expenditure of labor required to empty the receptacles formed and equipped as described, is economicalin operation.

I claim:

A grain saving device comprising an open topped trough or receptacle located between vthe platform conveyor and binder elevator of a grain binder, a bar extending over the rear end of the receptacle, a door for closing the rear end of the receptacle hinged to the bar, a fastening means for the door, and a scraper having a head corresponding in size and shape to the interior of the receptacle, located in the receptacle.

In testimony whereof I atlix my signature.

ADOLPH G. NORSKOG. 

